London Film Festival's 68th edition will open with Steve McQueen's Blitz on October 9 and run until October 20. Among the film's screening is Cannes Grand Prix winner All We Imagine As Light.

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I'm Still Here
I'm Still Here
Brazil, 1971: a country in the tightening grip of a military dictatorship. A mother is forced to reinvent herself when her family’s life is shattered by an act of arbitrary violence.
The End
The End
After the sudden arrival of a stranger, Girl, threatens Mother and Father's family’s luxurious compound deep underground, Son begins to question their seemingly perfect existence.
I Am Nevanka
I Am Nevanka
In the year 2000, Nevenka Fernández, the Finance Councillor of Ponferrada Town Council, is relentlessly hounded by the mayor, a man used to getting his way both politically and personally. Nevenka decides to report him, knowing that it will cost her dearly. Based on true events.
Santosh
Santosh
Newly widowed Santosh inherits her husband’s job as a police constable in the rural badlands of Northern India. When a low caste girl is found raped and murdered, she is pulled into the investigation under the wing of charismatic feminist inspector Sharma.
Families Like Ours
Families Like Ours
When it becomes impossible to keep repairing the sea barriers in low-lying Denmark, the country is evacuated and once affluent Danes become refugees, with families torn apart in the process.
Maldoror
Maldoror
Two girls vanish. Police recruit Paul Chartier joins a covert unit tracking a sex offender. After the operation falters, Chartier pursues the perpetrators independently, disillusioned with legal constraints.
Misericordia
Misericordia
A stranger’s appearance exposes the weird behaviour and the secret desires of a village's residents.
Fréwaka
Fréwaka
A troubled home carer finds her grip on reality starts to slip after she goes to help an elderly agoraphobic.
All We Imagine As Light
All We Imagine As Light
Triptych explores the lives of three women in Mumbai.
Rumours
Rumours
World leaders become stranded in the woods during a G7 summit.
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London Film Festival Features

Concrete ideas
Alessandro Nivola on Costantino Nivola, Le Corbusier, and The Brutalist
Breaking the mould
Memoir Of A Snail director Adam Elliot on creating textured underdogs and emotional conflict
Audiard on a crazy musical spree in Mexico
Director on changing identity, democracy and drug cartels
At last Maddin makes mischief in Cannes
G7 satire star power for Rumours filmmaker
Arnold reveals the naked truth
Cannes award-winning director of Bird on how images spark imagination
'I couldn't stay indifferent'
Ilyas Yourish on his motivations for making documentary Kamay
Contemplating change
Cécile Embleton and Alys Tomlinson on filmmaking and life choices in Mother Vera
'I start working from a very intellectual perspective, but then it's a lot of intuition'
Nelson Carlo de Los Santos Arias on experimentation and storytelling in Pepe

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